El Monte Bus Station is large regional transport hub in the city of El Monte

El Monte, California

El Monte is a residential, industrial, and commercial city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city's slogan is "Welcome to Friendly El Monte," and historically is known as "The End of the Santa Fe Trail." As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 113,475,...

 just off the Interstate 10 and the San Bernardino Freeway

San Bernardino Freeway

The San Bernardino Freeway, formerly known as the Ramona Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Orange Counties in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. It refers to the following two segments:...

s serving the Silver Line

Metro Silver Line (LACMTA)

The Silver Line is a bus rapid transit line which operates between El Monte Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, Downtown Los Angeles and the Artesia Transit Center. The line, one of two on the Metro Liner system, uses High-occupancy vehicle lanes on the El Monte Busway and Harbor Transitway...

, Foothill Transit, Greyhound and also El Monte Transit. With 22,000 passengers and 1,200 bus departures daily the station is currently being doubled in size. During redevelopment a temporary 20 bay station is being used.

Layout

The entrance to the station is located at the corner of Santa Anita Ave and Ramona Boulevard. Just west of this station the transitway moves off the separate right of way and move into the middle of Interstate 10. The station has a 2,095 space park and ride lot, although that capacity has decreased as portions of the lot have been paved over for a "lower level" transit center for suburban buses, as opposed to the express buses and urban service which stops at the main terminal.
The Division 9 bus yard is located next to the bus station, and buses coming into, or going out of service, enter and leave from that yard.

Current developments

The station is being redeveloped as part of the Metro ExpressLanes project

Metro ExpressLanes project

The Metro ExpressLanes project is a transport project taking place in Los Angeles between 2011 and 2012 to 'improve traffic flow and provide enhanced travel options on I-10 and I-110 in Los Angeles County'. It includes a range of infrastructure developments on the Harbor Transitway and the El Monte...

  by LACMTA

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the California state-chartered regional transportation planning agency and public transportation operating agency for the County of Los Angeles formed in 1993 out of a merger of the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the...

 and the City of El Monte's Redevelopment Agency and is scheduled for completion during July 2012.

Metro Liner BRT service

Metro Silver Line service hours are approximately from 4:15 AM until 1:45 AM Monday- Friday & 5:00 A.M.- 1:45 A.M. Saturdays/ Sundays & Holidays .

Connections

• Metro Local
  Metro Local
  Metro Local is a bus system in Los Angeles County operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . This retronym designation was placed to differentiate it from the Metro Rapid service...
  
  : 70, 76, 176, 190, 194, 267, 268, 270, 287
• Metro Rapid
  Metro Rapid
  Metro Rapid is a bus rapid transit service in Los Angeles County, California that operates in mixed traffic environments and has fewer stops than the Metro Local service. The system is mainly operated by LACMTA. Two routes are operated by Santa Monica Transit and one by Culver City Transit...
  
  : 770
• Foothill Transit: 282, 486, 488, 492, 494
• Silver Line
• Foothill Silver Streak
  Silver Streak (bus)
  The Silver Streak is a bus rapid transit system operated by Foothill Transit between Los Angeles and Montclair. Service began on March 18, 2007 and also resulted in a restructuring of service. The idea of the Silver Streak came when Line 480, Foothill's most popular line, became a very busy bus...
  
  
• Metro Express
  Metro Express
  Metro Express is a form of express bus service in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Buses are usually express for a portion of the route, then run either local or limited stop in other areas...
  
  : 487, 577X
• El Monte Trolley: Flair, Civic Center
• Greyhound Lines
  Greyhound Lines
  Greyhound Lines, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas, is an intercity common carrier of passengers by bus serving over 3,700 destinations in the United States, Canada and Mexico, operating under the well-known logo of a leaping greyhound. It was founded in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA, in 1914 and...
  
  

Nearby Dining and Attractions

• Pioneer Park
• Downtown El Monte (Shops)
• Santa Fe Plaza (Restaurants and Shops)
• El Comalero Pupuseria Restaurant
• Guerrero Produce Market
• Paleteria La Reyna De Mchcn

External links

• Metro Silver Line Destinations (English)
• Metro Silver Line Destinations (Spanish)